CLACKAMAS COUNTY
TI1E KXTERPRISE fOKRESPOXD
ESTS SHEEP THE FIELD.
Marmot Nut.
Marmot, August. 20. Misse Emma
t lem m km) Minnie Tackabery gave an
evening at home to ill the earners at
Asehot'a resort on Wednesday evening.
They bait their rooms tastefully decorated
villi Tenia and Mowers. The evening, was
pleasantly spent in singing, recitations and
dancing. At an intermission in tike pro
gram delirious refreshments were served,
A driving narty was also made up Thurs
day, landing at Welch's camp at lunch
time, and a sumptuous spread was enjoyed
alongside the Salmon river. The Salmon
hatchery was also visited and the courteous
Mr. Brown showed the ladies all the inter
esting points in the place.
Smoke is quite thick and the forest fires
re raging fiercely all over the mountains.
Among the visitors who spent Sunday
here were Mr. and Mrs. Halle and baby,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chapin, Mr. Don
Woodward, Mr. Koss. and Mesdames Fos
ter, Qiiintonand Donnell.
Mrs. AKatha Kelley and Miss Fannv
llanley return to Portland in the morning
and Will make visit to the Sound for a
week.
Threshing baa begun In earnest and the
weather being fair the tanners are cutting
their grata very fast. .
There are quite a number of city people
waiting for accommodations to come and
spend their vacation at Asehofl" summer
resort.
The crops are looking splendid and an
lew something unforeseen happens, the
farmer will have a good supply of hay and
grain this year.
Laat Wednesday was the hottest day ever
xperienoed here, 100 degrees in the shade
being registered by the thermometer.
The mill at Minsinger has resumed work
and a planer bas been added to the other
machinery.
Mrs. C. Minsinger and Miss Emma Min-
singer returned yesterday to their city resi
dence. Misses McOngen and Lear paid Miss
AschoS a visit today.
Damascus .Notes.
Damascus, Aug 23. Threshing is in full
away and the grain is up to the average in
vield as well as well as quality The potato
crop will be short, most of the vines are
turning yellow. Fruit of all kit ds is very
plentiful. Quite a number are going to
pick huckleberries and rusticate in the
mountains. A great many are preparing
to pick bop this season, some going lor
pleasure and the rest for the almighty dol
lars.
The people of this locality do not seem to
have the gold fever very bad. perhaps be
cause they are all silver men,
A great many are passing daily to and
from the mountains.
There are several slashings to burn yet,
but the air ia already dense with smoke.
Every Sunday evening the young people
gather at Mr. Barton'a residence and have
a very enjoyable time singing.
Mr. Feathers is experimenting with dry
ing potatoes and if it will pay he intends to
dry the entire crop. The process is to peal
and slice thinly and then dry nntil perfect
ly bard.
Marion Hilleary has moved to Greshani
to reside for awhile, having gone out of the
saw-mill business for.
Indication are that the wedding bells
will be ringing soon. It does not take a
city girl long io find what she is afier.
Handy News.
Sashv. Aug. Zi. The past week has been
one of the wannest known lor many years,
jet it has been very useful to farmers for
drying and harvesting grain. Mostol the
grain is cut and stacked and some of it
ihresbed. The crop is a good one.
The contract for constructing the largo
dairy barn for Mr. Vetsch at Boring bas
been let to Herman Bruns & Sons, the well
known Sandy contractors.
A gentleman who bas just come over the
mountains says the rerts of such good
crops and splendid weather in the
Willamette valley is attracting hundreds of
iople from Iowa, where he came from.
He said that a colony with a capital of
$20,0 ) dollars wauled to come over the
mountain to settle in the great valley of
the Willamette, but on hearing that a toll
would he charged for coming over the Bar-
1000
All, or your share of it, if you find the
missing word.
Schillings Best tea is not only pure but it
is f because it is fresh-roasted.
. What is the missing word ?
Get Schilling's Best tea at your grocer's; take out the Yellow Ticket
(there is one in every package); send it with your guess to address below
before August 31st.
One word allowed for each yellow ticket.
If only one'person finds the word, he gets one thousand dollars. If
several find it, the money will be divided equally among them.
Every one sending a yellow ticket will get a set of cardboard creeping
babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one
envelope will receive a charming 1898 calendar, no advertisement on it.
Besides this thousand dollars, we will pay $150 each to the two persons
who send in the largest number of yellow tickets in one envelope between
Jun 15 and the end of the contest August 31st
f Cut this out. You won't see it again.
i Address: SCHILLING'S BEST TEA SAN FRANCISCO.
low road made up their mind that it Ore
gon was too poor to have free puhllo high
ways they would not live In it, so set I led in
the stale of Washington. An effort should
be made at (he next session of our legisla
ture to have the slate purchase the Harlow
toll road and make It a free public high way.
There Is no doubt that many more immi
grants would come to settle aiming us, also
hundreds more people would go each sum
mer to Ml. Hood,
1. W. Kinuard of Oregon City Is out lit'
spectlng the work on the Itiillrun bridge.
Casper Arduser and wife and Geo. Hoach
lln and wife of Portland were the guests of
II. Brum during the past week.
Mis l.ittie liautentieiii ofOregon City Is
visiting friends here.
August Honecker has gone to Salmon
river to prospect for a new Klondike.
Borlnea Rreeses.
Brinis, Aug. Grain is about all
stacked ami threshing is next In order.
Douglass ,t Co. are expected In here with
their large steam thresher in a few days.
It is to be hoped that the weather will be
cooler during the threshing season than It
has been the last few days.
v. it. iwring is going-wan 1'erby s
threshing machine.
Harry tioldstone, who has been visiting
at Mr. Vetsch's during the past two months,
returned to his home In Portland a week
ago
Edward Bruna, of Sandy, has been work
ing for Ole Aemisegger the last week.
Miss Minta Bird sal I returned borne from
Salmon a week ago and reporta having
closed a very successful term of school
there.
Hop Stroblaceoas and TerpsU horean.
With the good crop of hops this year,
ami the f.iirly go xl pi ices which will be
paid for them, I lie hop Held will be the
mecca of many people this fall on profit
and pleasure bent Many will take
their en turner outing in this way, a
they can at once have a pleasant and
healthful time camping out, and make
the expenses of their trip. While the
number of our people who spent Rome
time at the coast and mountains would
probably number 500, fully 1200 will
doubtless go the hop fields, the suspen
sion of operations of the woolen mills
for repairs, helping to swell this number
considerably. The combination of
pleasure and profit which is a prominent
element in a hop field proves a most at
tractive feature, and the Oregon City
delegation to the hop fields promises to
be even larger than usual this year, doi
ens of teams passing every day loaded
with pickers, besides those going on the
trains and boats.
There is an indefinable charm
about the hop-picking season, which
once felt can never be entirely elimina
ted. When one goes hop-picking once
he is almost sure to go again. The
jolly good fellowship of the hop yard
being a social condition which is proba
bly found nowhere else, all being equals
socially, for the time at least. Then the
friendly dances by candle light in the
hop house in the evenings, the dancers
keeping step toa single fiddle, all present
scenes of the hop picker's life that are
attractive in the extreme. With each
hop picking time comes these seasons of
festivity which belong peculiarly to
the hop fields and attract people who
would not go eUewhere for their sum
mer outing. If the summer tesorts of
the state number their hundreds the
hop fields claim their thousands, they
being a feature of cur civiligttion which
could not well be dispensed w ith, with
out serious detriment to the health and
pleasure of our people.
Bui'klen'ri Arnica .Halve.
The best salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhetim.
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapd hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, end positively cures Piles or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
For sale by Charman & Co., Charman
Bros. Block.
Subsribe for the Entkumbisk, ihe lead
ing paper of the city.
oo
OLD POSTAL USAGES.
CURIOUS PHASES OF THE MAIL SERV
ICE SIXTY YEARS AGO.
Kates on Ordinary Letter In KngUiiil
Wen. Almnat I'rutilbltlve Ailoiitlou of
Uia lVnnjr 'I'oat anil t It yueer Argu
nienta Agtiil It
When Queou Victoria avuKl the
throne, there were no telegraph in thi
country ami few railway. The in nil
were forwarded by couch, timl the. ptwt
age rates were to till hut llio well to do
prohibitive. It cort from 4d. to la. 8d,
to scud a "single" letter under tin
runco in weight from one part of the
kLigdom to another. There were some
40 charge, varying according to dis
tance, the average, rate Mug Od., or
half the day's wngo of a laborer. A
"single" letter mount a single piece of
pnper (adhesive euvolopc had uot been
invented), and t ho addition of u second
scrap of paper mude the letter a "dou
ble" one. Tho postage win paid on de
livery by (he recipient, and as no cred
it was giveu the incursion of a poHttuau
into a poor neighborhood was watched
ou all side with fear rather than hope.
Coleridge, tho poet, saw a poor wom
an declining to accept a letter on the
acoro ot inutility to pay. J. ho good
Dutur.nl bard (doubtless with some diffi
culty) found the required tiinepence,
despite; the woman' remonstrance.
When the postman had gone away, she
showed Coleridge that the letter was
but a blank sheet of puper. Hor brother
had arranged to send her at lutervuls
such a sheet, addressed in a certuiu
fashion, as evidence that all was well
with him, aud she as regularly, after
inspecting the address, refused to accept
it Some humorist ou one ocruxiou sent
ont large numbers of lett.'rs, each ou a
sheet as large as a tablecloth, all of
which had to bo delivered as "single"
missives.
This system practically stifled written
intercourse among the working cluss and
pressed with severity upon the middle
elans, but the rich aud highly placed
entirely escaped postal taxation. The
privilege of franking covered the corre
spondence not only of ministers, peer
and members of parliaiueut, but of
their relative, frieuds aud acquaint
ances. While in one year early in the
queen' reign no less than 7,41)0,000
letters wero frauked, a single Imdiin
firm paid annually 1 1,000 for pnstiigu
and a writer in The Quarterly referred
dippantly to so slight and rare au in
cident iu a laborer' life as the receipt
cf a letter." Among the "packets'
franked was a grand piano. An army
of clerks was employed to fix the charges
to be collected, and the postal revenue
remained stutiouury between 1613 uud
1835, although in the same period tho
population increased from 10,600,000 to
36.600,000.
Moved by this stato of things, parlia
ment in 1839 adopted Rowland Kill'
prc.xxwl of uniform inland penny imt
age, which came into operation ou Jan.
10, 1840. The writer possesse a copy of
The Quarterly Review of 1S39, iu which
a contributor (believed, to be Crnkcr)
fiercely denounces the scheme. "Will
clerk," he aays, "write only to their
father and girls to their mothers? Will
not letters of romance or love, intrigue
I or mischief, increase in at least equal
proportions.' we iiouui wiieiner uncial
and domestic correspondence will to
more thiui doubled. A giguntin ex m
pliikation of the old proverb Penny
wide aud pound foolish," etc.
Mucuuluy says that the penny post,
when first established, was the object
of violent invective, as a manifest con
trivance of the popn to enslave the souls
of Englishmen. It wus described us
"scditiou niude easy." The postal au
thorities, who is 17H-1 hod opposed the
institution of mail coaches, were im
plucablu enemies of peuuy postage. The
poi-tniiiHtcr general of WJ, Lord Lich
field, based his objections on tho curi
ous ground that the building at St. Mar-tin's-le-Uraud
would not be largo
enough. Tim secretary, Colonel Mala r
ly, constantly repeated, "This plan we
know will fail."
' As we know, it succeeded, and the
penny rate bas been generally adopted
in Europe as well as in the United
States. The number of letters rose from
80,000,000 in 1837 to 2DU, 000.000 in
1847, and for the year ending ou March
81, 1 807, about 1, 100,000,000. The
postal surplus was in 1839 1,620, S10
aud iu 18Uti-7 3,632,133. The number
of letters, which was in 1837 about 3
per head and in 1834 15 per head, in
now 77 per head. Fortnightly lie view.
High Title Without Coat.
English folk are copying the Ameri
can custom of conferring title upon
their children in baptism by nsing such
names as Lord, Eurl, Baron, etc. Thi
will mean more to the English child
than it ha to the American,
One parent in the midland bestowed
on his progeny military as well as social
rank. Oue of his children is christened
Baron, another Captain another Colonel
and another Major General. London
Truth has this statement from one who
know this titled family, and they are
to be found at the present time in the
neighborhood of Birmingham. At tbis
rate every Tommy Atkins in the next
generation may be a field murshal.
Every Time.
Master Tombs, this is an example
in subtraction. Seven boy went down
to a pond to lathe, but two of them
had been told not to go in the water.
Now, can you tell me how many went
in?
Tombs Yes, sir. Seven. London
Tit-Bits.
Justin McCarthy is quite gray haired.
Hi beard is bushy, and his gold rim
med spectacles impart a benign air to
his face, which indeed well suits hi
wild manner. A for bis energy, one
would say that it was inexhaustible.
He is a politician, a journalist, a nov
elist and a historian.
THE DREADED CONSUMP
TION CANBECURED.
T. A. NlixMim. M, I'. th Ureat t'liemlat anil
.Scientist, Will Mend, Tree, Tin Hntileiof
lln New ly Discovered Uviiiulle
tu KulTerera.
Kihtoh Kntkiii'hihk : I have discov
ered a reliable cure fur consumption and
allhrochiiil, tlirout and lung diseases,
general decline, loss of Head aud all con
ditions of wasting away. By its timely
use thousand of apparently hopeless
cases have Uien cured. So proof-positive
am I ol its Kiwer to cure, that to make
its merits known, I will send, free, tu
any alllicted reader of your pnr. three
bottle of my newly discovered remedies
upon receipt of express and post olllce
address, T. A. SI.OCU.M, M t,
tS Pine Street, New York.
When writing the doctor, please men
tion this paper.
Colonel (Jeorgo K. Waring, Jr., com
missioner of street cleaning in New York,
will contriiiiito to McClure' tiiagaxino
for Soptemher au article showing I hat, by
improvement In orgaulxntlou and
method, a length of stieots greater than
the distance from New York to Chicago
is now cleaned daily In New York with
out noise, confusion, or even dust, and
at a constantly diminishing cost; aud
that thereby the excuse of living and
the liability to death have been greatly
reduced, and the whole lone and charac
ter of the life of Ihe city perceptibly
elevated. Pictures of all tho phases of
street cleaning, from drawings and photo
graphs, will illustrate the paper.
lonr Excursion Kates.
The Southern Pacific will make a one
fare rate from all point on their line in
Oregon to the Oregon state fair which
oiens September 110 ami closes Octolier M.
A big harvest and a big fair. A clean,
vigorous, delightful, and comprehensive
exposition of everything pertaining to
the, farm and the farmer. Ciood races
and amusements of all kinds. Social
attraction every day. j
With tho present crop prospects and
the extremely low railroad rate of one
fare for the round trip, the eopl0 of Ore
gon can alford to patronise the State fair
that benefit all classes. Popular ad
mission of '.'5 cent.
Free
Silverware.
We have received a line of
Silver Plated Ware which will
be given away to our patrons.
The quality is Al extra coin
silver plate 1487 Win, A.
Rogers. We solicit you to
inspect the same at the
store of
I. Selliiiir.
tjepmania dash NJaife
PAUL J. SCHOLZ, Prop.
Best duality of Cold
Storage Meats.
Smoked hams and bacon cannot
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Highest price paid
for live and dressed
stock.
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C. H. MARKHAM,
An't 0. If. and Fata. Agent
Eighty
Famous Prescriptions
In tho title of a book wo aro giving
nway to our cuntomorH, wliilo tlioy last.
Tho ohjoctt.f tho hook in to placo reliable
proscriptiona by oininont physicians into
your house which may bo used instead of
tlio patent medicines that aro Hooding
the country.
It is not intended that this hook will
tuko the place of your physician. They
aro only for such ailments as aro repeat
edly coming up in every family, but aro
not considered serious enough to call a
physician.
These hooks aro particularly useful
to a farmer because tho veterinary de
partment contains tho latest and most
reliable formulas for common diseases.
Your namo on a postal card will
.bring you ono free of charge.
. (4. j-ltitytley, gpnon
Oregon City, Ore.
The tool It brush hp are irhini; away
with each bottlo of Antiseptic Tooth Powder would cost you
20 or 25 cents anywhere vise but at at Huntley's.
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T. J. l'otter leave I'ortland daily ex
cept ratii'day and Hnnday at 7 a. in.,
aiidiitiinlay at 1 p. in.; retiirninu
huiyeH ANloria daily except hutiirduy al
7j. m. l'otter eoiinectri for North and
Month I'eiich pointa.
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loave AMtoriadai'y except Sniiduy at 7
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day only at 7 a. m.; returning, loaves
Adtori Htinduy only at 7 p. in.
Willamette River Route.
Ah Street Wharf.
Hteamer Kutli, for Salem and way
point, leave Portland Monday, Wed
neaduy and Friday at 0 a. m. Keturn
iiiK leave Malum for I'ortland and way
point TuoHday. Tliurailayi and fiattir
dayat7:lfla. m. Hteamer Gypsy for
Kalem and way point, leaye I'ortland
Tnendiiy, TlmrHday ami Saturday al
oa. m. Ketnrniim, leave Hulem for
I'ortland and way point Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at 7:15 a. in.
Hteamer Modoc, for Dayton and way
point, leave I'ortland Tueadaya. Thurs
day and Saturday at 7 a m. Return
iiiK, leave Dayton for Portland and way
point Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day at 7 a. m.
Snake Uiver Route Steamer leaves
Riparia daily except Sunday
at 1 :45 a. in , on arrival of train
from Portland. Leaves Lewiaton, return
ing, daily except Saturday at 0:00 a. m.,
arriving at Riparia at U p. in.
W. II. IIUKLBURT,
Gen. Pa. Agent.
A. L. MOIILEU, Vice-Pre. and M'gr.
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